RE: Are some rabbits more prone to gas?

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RE: Are some rabbits more prone to gas?

11/29/2017 at 6:06 PM

flemishwhite

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Gas is a symptom of gastrointestinal statis (GI), which is know as the silent killer for rabbits. You’ve got to get on top of this quick. If the rabbit is not eating, or eating very little, and correspondingly there are no or few bunnie poops, this is an emergency. I think a rabbit can only live for perhaps three days after GI sets in. Unfortunately, when you discover this problem, one or two days on the GI clock may have already ran. So once you realize what may be happening, you may have only one day or less to get to a rabbit vet.

GI is usually caused by hairballs, or caused by dental problems. Rabbits teeth are constantly growing. If the rear grinding are allowed to grow too much, chewing becomes painful for the rabbit and it doesn’t completely chew it’s food very well. These dental problems is why your rabbit doctor needs to inspect the rabbit’s teeth every 6 months. The inadequately chewed food clogs up the rabbits first stomach. The first stomach is the stomach the esophagus first directs food to. With the first stomach clogged, the Cecum stomach…the stomach between the small intestine and large intestine…will become full of gas. Hence a gassy rabbit..and a rabbit that will soon die without treatment.

You should have a rabbit vet that periodically performs your checkups…….and you should have a back up rabbit vet. When you have an emergency to see a rabbit doctor, you need an alternate vet to take the rabbit too if your primary vet is not in the office that day.